Phratry

Definition: Phratry

Phratry

Noun

1. People descended from a common ancestor; "his family had lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower".

Etymology: Phratry \Phra"try\, noun; plural Phratries. [from Greek expression,]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Phratry

Synonyms: family (n), family line (n), folk (n), kinfolk (n), kinsfolk (n), sept (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Phratry

English words defined with "phratry": Phratries. (references)

Language		Translations for "phratry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vëllazëri (brotherhood, communion, fellowship, fraternity), fis (clan, good and rich stock, kin, kinsman, name, nation, relative, rich lord family, stock, tribe), familje (clan, family, home, house, household, kind, kinsfolk, lineage, name, people, stock). (various references)

Bulgarian		фратрия (brotherhood). (various references)

Pig Latin		atryphray

Spanish		fratria. (various references)

Ukranian		клан (clan), плем'я (clan, tribe). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Words rhyming with "phratry" (pronounced 'Phra"try'): Attry, Avowtry, Bijoutry, Centry, Choltry, Choultry, gantry, Gentry, Misentry, Nitry, paltry, Pantry, Pastry, Poultry, reentry, Revestry, Sawtry, Sextry, sultry, sweltry, Wintry. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-h-p-r-r-t-y"
	-2 letters: harpy, harry, parry, party, rhyta, tarry.
	-3 letters: arty, harp, hart, parr, part, path, paty, phat, prat, pray, rapt, rath, tahr, tarp, trap, tray.
	-4 letters: apt, art, hap, hat, hay, hyp, pah, par, pat, pay, pht, pry, pya, rah, rap, rat, ray, rya, tap, tar, thy, try, yah, yap, yar.
	-5 letters: ah, ar, at, ay.
	Words containing the letters "a-h-p-r-r-t-y"
	+3 letters: hyperalert, patriarchy.
	+4 letters: aortography, arthropathy, arthroscopy, cartography, cryotherapy, cryptarithm, cryptograph, hypermarket, orthography, parathyroid, petrography, platyrrhine, typographer.
	+5 letters: aromatherapy, cryptarithms, cryptographs, cryptography, hydrotherapy, hypermarkets, hyperreactor, hyperrealist, hyperthermia, mythographer, parathyroids, platyrrhines, praiseworthy, prothonotary, radiotherapy, stereography, stratigraphy, thermography, typographers.
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